traversing

verb

1
To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
“He will have to traverse the mountain to get to the other side.”
2
To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
“to traverse all nodes in a network”
3
To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
4
(artillery) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
“to traverse a cannon”
5
, To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
6
To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate.
“The last run, weary, I traversed the descents in no hurry to reach the lodge.”
7
To act against; to thwart or obstruct.
8
To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
9
To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
“to traverse a board”
10
To deny formally.
11
To use the motions of opposition or counteraction.

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